Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

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The World Strikes Back
1976-77
Trouble was brewing as the enemy launched a counterattack.
The devil is always keen to offer a substitute for what is lacking
in the church. When Christians are worldly, his alternative
is the mysticism of the east. When they refuse the miraculous,
he summons the occult. Likewise discipleship and
devotion to ‘the apostles’ teaching’ (Acts 2:42) are replaced
by the idolising of cult leaders.
The cults proliferated and the devil made use of their mimicry
of the truth to harm and shackle the witness of the radical
churches. Hare Krishna, the Children of God and the
Moonies captured the public imagination and engendered fear
and suspicion. In some minds our church got mixed in with
this rag-bag of cults and those who couldn’t fault our doctrine
were critical of our practice.
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